Texas Court Axes Suit Against Sierra Club In Toxic Waste Row

Law360, Dallas (December 10, 2013, 6:36 PM EST) -- A Texas appeals court on Friday said a lawsuit Andrews County filed against the Sierra Club for allegedly interfering with its plans to accept disposal of low-level radioactive waste should have been thrown out under a state free speech law.

The county, along with its Chamber of Commerce and the Andrews County Industrial Foundation, sued the Sierra Club in 2012 to prevent the group from securing injunctions aimed at stopping shipments of low-level radioactive waste to a disposal facility in the sparsely populated county, which borders...